Senior Technical Project Manager

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The Technical PM in this position will be responsible for managing major, highly complex project initiatives which have significant financial impact and involves significant internal and/or external resources within an assigned group. Projects include product development, integration, technology, conversions, and other special projects as approved. Exercises great latitude in managing the initiation, planning, execution, controlling and closing processes on projects typically in the $1MM to $10MM range.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develops and implements detailed project plans, including new products, conversion / integration, merger projects, and other projects as assigned with minimal direction from project stakeholders.
• Independently manages the planning, documenting, testing and execution, along with the tasks, budgets, timelines and project team members to successfully complete projects on time and within budget.
• Identifies, integrates, and manages required internal and external resources to provide business solutions for groups most complex business issues, while managing multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Oversees the entire project life cycle of detailed project plans using standard project methodology including due diligence information gathering, analysis, and reporting. Develops and presents written project plans and develops and delegates project tasks including test plan and acceptance testing.
• Initiates the design and implementation of the operational and technical aspects of the project plans, and develops and supports programming requests to meet project goals after upon thorough discussion with project stakeholders.
• Oversees test and project task development and implementation. Evaluates and provides written and verbal updates on project status; financial forecasting , budget planning, administration, and reporting project costs, written project closing analysis, budget / actual comparisons and change management reporting.
• Establishes milestones as needed for reporting to appropriate management levels and communicates budget and status milestones as defined for the project.
• Oversees project teams, which consists of members reporting to functional managers within the Business Group, third party vendors, and consultants. Provides leadership, motivation and establishes a teamwork environment for the project team, and advises, influences, and coaches team members in the development and achievement of project goals. Facilitates and leads team meetings.
• Monitors project progress towards project goals, coaches and motivates team members to make needed adjustments in plans to meet milestones and to achieve goals. Facilitates and documents lessons learned on projects to use on future projects. Recognizes team members for meeting and exceeding goals.
• Manages project teams consisting of staff assigned from the various departments and/or vendors providing service or support.
• Recognizes project issues and concerns requiring resolution in a timely and professional manner and addresses them with management and appropriate staff members
• Prepares documentation defining policies to be established with management’s approval, providing supporting documentation and specifications as needed
• Schedules and conduct status meetings with involved staff and management, to ensure timely completion of project tasks and addressing and resolving problems that could prevent timely completion of the project
• Prepares, provides and communicates progress reports on project status for staff and management review
• Works closely with the other Risk Management professionals, Regulatory Relations, and the business units to ensure projects are effectively completed. Fosters an environment of collaboration, open communication, and engagement.
• Assists in the strategic oversight of technology and systems and for providing support to each of the divisions in developing technology or systems business cases in the development of new capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of project management experience
• 10+ years of technology experience
• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s or Advanced Degree (CS, IS or engineering and/or requisite work experience) preferred
• Managed full life cycle product development including Project Charters, Business Requirements, Architecture, Designs, Engineering, Testing, Implementation, and Project Review
• Responsible for project controls including creation of estimates, resource planning, schedule / work breakdown structure, communication plan, issue log, risk analysis and mitigation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience leading cross-functional teams with UI / UX Designers, Business Analysts, Architects, Software Engineers, Software vendors, Testers, and system administrators
• Formal SDLC experience with structured methodologies such as RUP that include requirements, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation

Additional Qualifications:

• Deployed software solutions in web based platforms such as IIS, WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss
• Experience deploying solutions with Windows Servers, Unix, Linux, Oracle, SQL Server a plus
• Experience managing .Net and Java implementations a plus
• Experience leading Web Service, SOA, ESB implementations a plus
• Delivered financial products such as online banking, bill payment and presentment, person to person payments, mobile banking, trading, loans, eCommerce, payment solutions, or regulatory compliance systems such as Actimize
• Managed multiple financial service software vendors and integrating solutions from multiple vendors
• PMI certification a plus

W2 only, no Corp to Corp. We are unable to sponsor H1B visas at this time. **eXcell™ Supports Equal Employment Opportunity** eXcell™, a division of CompuCom® Systems, Inc., a global company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, provides IT staffing services and solutions to Fortune 1000 companies as well as small and medium business. For more information, visit www.excell.com.